There is no such thing as a Boar lure, say some professional hunters. You can only attract boars with maize. I confidently disagree, because I had a key experience with consequences in the eighth grade of our primary schools.
We had to put on a play for our relatives as our final school project. It was a farmer's play. A girl from the class had to play a boar. The teacher rolled up a piece of cardboard into a funnel shape and glued it together. She said to the girl: "Now you go through the funnel like you did as a little child when you were asked 'How does the little pig do? Smell-smell-smell'". It sounded very real.
The first own boar game call in practice
At home, I rolled up a funnel like this and went to the farmer to see how his pigs reacted. Even then I was surprised at how curiously the pigs crowded around my Roch-Roch. Just three years after this theatre play, I was able to test this school experience in practice on wild boars.
Due to my dog's successful work on the leash, I was invited to a boar hunt in a hunting ground 80 kilometres away. Accompanied by a professional hunter, we had five boars in sight - but at a distance of 300 metres. "It's a pity" said the professional hunter, "that you can't attract sows". I thought of the play and my Eifel deer call, which I had in my bagpack.
To the laughter of the professional hunter, I was allowed to stalk with my Eifel deer call to the change where the sows had moved into the thicket. I went "roch-roch-roch" with the stag call and two sows came out of the thicket. When I shot twice, the professional hunter came running like a weasel and said in amazement: "There's no such thing."
Lure hunting for wild boar: you have to think your way into it
When decoy hunting, you have to empathise with the game to be lured. Our highly developed common sense often fails in the face of the instinct of the game. All game has only three things in mind: eat, reproduce and survive. All senses are focussed on these three activities.
Our common sense often fails us, as the complex world we live in these days is causing our minds to atrophy more and more. If it weren't for this, we wouldn't have a wild boar problem. We cannot cope with the sensory acuity of this game species. Only those who are thoroughly familiar with lure hunting can outwit this rustic game. I use my Saulocker with great success, even in broad daylight.
A successful strategy for lure hunting wild boar
My thought was: "When the roe deer freshen up in March, they shed their young from the previous year and these poor fellows don't know what's happening to them. I thought to myself, they must be looking for company now that their mother no longer wants them. And that's exactly what happens when you use the Saulocker. At any time of day, but mainly in the early evening.
You can't go far wrong with the Saulocker, provided you follow the handling instructions as described in this video:
Lure hunting for wild boar: the wind is particularly important
The most important thing, however, is the wind. As sows cannot rely on their eyesight, their sense of smell and hearing are particularly sensitive. This must be taken into account.
